# Tom Ritchey

> Tom Ritchey is an American bicycle frame builder, Category 1 racer, fabricator, designer, and founder of Ritchey Design. Ritchey is a US pioneer in modern frame building and the first production mountain bike builder/manufacturer in the history of the sport. He is an innovator of bicycle components that have been used in winning some of the biggest cycling competitions in the world including the UCI World Championships, the Tour de France and the Olympics. In 1988, Ritchey was inducted into the inaugural Mountain Bike Hall of Fame in Crested Butte, Colorado : and 2012, inducted to the United States Bicycle Hall of Fame in Davis, California.

*American bicycle frame designer and builder*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Athlete ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131))
- **Category:** Athletes
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 1956
- **Status:** living
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

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## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 45.3 / 100
- **Momentum:** 1.5 / 100  (trend: STABLE)
- **Historical depth:** 5.7 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 35.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 70.0 / 100

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- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q944441)

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